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January 21, 1998
The University Record, January 21, 1998 By Rebecca A. Doyle DPS looking for suspect in robbery Department of Public Safety (DPS) Sgt. Kevin McNulty says officers are still searching for a man who stopped a female student on the Washtenaw Avenue footbridge near the Central Campus Recreation Building and demanded money. The victim, who was…
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January 21, 1998
The University Record, January 21, 1998 Isadore A. Bernstein Isadore A. Bernstein, professor emeritus of biological chemistry and environmental and industrial health, died of cancer Jan. 11. He was 78. Internationally known for his work in environmental toxicology and cutaneous biochemistry, Bernstein won numerous honors throughout his career for his research in dermatology. “Isadore Bernstein…
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January 21, 1998
The University Record, January 21, 1998 Editor’s Note: The following actions were taken by the Regents at their January meeting. Bollinger passes muster; gets raise President Lee C. Bollinger passed a performance review in a closed session at last week’s Regents’ meeting, resulting in a 4.5 percent raise. His new salary, effective Feb. 1-Aug. 31,…
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January 14, 1998
The University Record, January 14, 1998 Editor’s Note: The following actions were taken by the Regents at their December meeting. McLaughlin named Flint provost Renate McLaughlin, interim provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs at U-M-Flint, was appointed to the post on a permanent basis. She also is professor of mathematics. In recommending her appointment,…
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December 17, 1997
By Rebecca A. Doyle More vehicle thefts reported Department of Public Safety (DPS) Capt. James Smiley reports that DPS officers, working with the Michigan State Police Auto Theft Team and the Detroit Police Department, have recovered two more automobiles that were reported stolen from University parking facilities. Eight thefts of vehicles from University parking areas…
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December 17, 1997
Jane G. Likert Jane Gibson Likert died Nov. 29 at age 95 at her home in Hawaii. She and her husband, Rensis Likert, moved to Honolulu in 1969 after his retirement as director of the Institute for Social Research. Their ties to Ann Arbor and the University were many and strong, however, and continued throughout…
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December 10, 1997
The University Record, December 10, 1997 Jonathan King Jonathan King, U-M professor emeritus of architecture and recently retired visiting professor at Texas A&M University College of Architecture, died of cancer Nov. 19 in Houston. He was 71. King was perhaps best known for his work in building systems that changed the shape of American schoolhouses.…
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December 10, 1997
The University Record, December 10, 1997 Editor’s Note: The following actions were taken by the Regents at their November meeting. Two faculty members receive named collegiate professorships Peter J. Polverini and Thomas R. Trautmann were appointed to named collegiate professorships. Polverini, professor of dentistry and of pathology, also will hold the Donald A. Kerr Professorship…
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November 19, 1997
The University Record, November 19, 1997 By Rebecca A. Doyle Tempers flare, so does hair During the Sept. 27 football game against Notre Dame, an argument between a man and a woman escalated to a violent incident. The man took out his cigarette lighter and set the woman’s hair on fire. Her husband, who was…
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November 19, 1997
The University Record, November 19, 1997 John A.M. Lyon John A.M. Lyon, professor emeritus of electrical engineering and computer science, died Nov. 11 after a month-long illness. He was 85. Lyon attended Wayne State University and the U-M, from which he held four degrees, a B.S.E. in electrical engineering and in mathematics and an M.S.…
